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Gabon is a one of the African countries that sit on the Equator, yet most of us barely know anything about this former colony of France. Today Gabon has one of the lowest population densities in the world, but that certainly doesn’t mean it’s not worth discovering.
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In this brief video you can find seven little known facts about Gabon.
More information about the video content bellow:
1. In 2014, Gabon became the first Central African nation to protect its threatened if abundant marine life. Nearly a quarter of its territorial sea is off limits to commercial fishing. The network of marine parks complemented an existing terrestrial protected area anchored by 13 national parks created in 2002.
2. The Gabonese capital, Libreville, got its name after the French navy captured a slave ship, named Elizia, in 1846.The 52 freed slaves were released and by 1849 had resettled near the French mission station on the site of Libreville, which translates as "Free town".
3. Prior to France's appropriation of today's Gabon, Bantu migrants, Portuguese explorers, alongside Dutch and English traders arrived and settled in the area between the 14th and 16th centuries. The Dutch, English and French soon settled in pre-colonial state known as Kingdom of Orungu. As a centre of the slave trade in the 18th century, the Gabonese coast became a departing point for the transatlantic slave trade at the end of the century.
4. The first president of Gabon, elected in 1961, was Léon M'ba. After M'ba's accession to power, civilian liberties were restricted. However, when M'ba dissolved the National Assembly in January 1964 to institute one-party rule, an army coup sought to oust him from power and restore parliamentary democracy. French paratroopers flew in within 24 hours to restore M'ba to power.
5. One of the most urbanized nations in mainland Africa, 87% of Gabon's population reside in urban areas, according to the UN's 2014 World Urbanization Prospects. While this striking figure is more than double the regional average (40%), National Geographic reports that an impressive 44% of Gabon's 1.38m population live in the capital, Libreville.
6. Hip-hop has been popular in the Central African region since the 1980s. Even current PresidentAli Bongo released an album and is known to appear on stage to perform among local rappers while on the campaign trail.
7. Abundant petroleum and foreign private investment have helped make Gabon one of the most prosperous countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, because of inequality in income distribution, a significant proportion of the population remains poor.
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Like many cities in Africa, Libreville, Gabon's capital is experiencing a mushrooming of informal settlements due to rapid urbanisation. Gabon's government announced in 2010 that it would build 5,000 low-cost houses per year to replace shacks or poorly constructed settlements but the process is taking longer than expected. MariaGalang reports.

(www.abndigital.com) Despite constrained political conditions, it's small population, abundant natural resources and considerable foreign support have helped make it one of the more prosperous and stable countries in Africa. This week ABN takes a closer look at Gabon to explore both the opportunities and challenges that this central African country presents.

Stepping away from its traditional oil based economy, Gabon has sought to industrialize its wood industry with the creation of West Africa's largest economic zone, just outside the commercial capital, Libreville. But environmentalists have warned that not enough is being done to protect trees and grow the industry in a sustainable way.

Since its independence from France in 1960, Gabon has had three presidents. In the early 1990s, Gabon introduced a multi-party system and a new democratic constitution that allowed for a more transparent electoral process and reformed many governmental institutions. Gabon was also a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for the 2010–2011 term.

Low population density, abundant petroleum, and foreign private investment have helped make Gabon one of the most prosperous countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, with the 4th highest HDI and the third highest GDP per capita (PPP) (after Equatorial Guinea and Botswana) in the region. GDP grew by more than 6% per year from 2010 to 2012. However, because of inequality in income distribution, a significant proportion of the population remains poor.

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André Mba Obame

André Mba Obame (15 June 1957– 12 April 2015) was a Gabonese politician. After serving as an adviser to President Omar Bongo in the 1980s, he was a minister in the government of Gabon from 1990 to 1991 and again from 1997 to 2009; during that time, he was identified with the reformist wing of the ruling Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG). He held the key post of Minister of the Interior from 2006 to 2009 and then briefly served as Minister of the Coordination and Follow-up of Government Action in mid-2009. He was an independent candidate in the 30 August 2009 presidential election and placed third with 25.33% of the vote, according to official results, but he claimed victory and alleged that the PDG candidate, Ali Bongo, won through fraud.

Political career

Mba Obame was born in Medouneu, located in northern Gabon. He was President Omar Bongo's Deputy Adviser for African and International Affairs from 1984 to 1986 and then Adviser to the President for Development and Public and Productive Investments before being appointed to the government as Minister of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, and the Rural Economy in April 1990. Subsequently he was moved to the post of Minister of Human Rights and Relations with the Assemblies in November 1990. Mba Obame was viewed as a PDG reformist in the early 1990s, along with Bongo's son Ali Bongo. A 1991 legal change sought by party leaders required that ministers be at least 35 years old, thus forcing his departure from the government, along with Ali-Ben Bongo. From 1991 to 1994, Mba Obame was Deputy Secretary-General of the Presidency of the Republic, and from 1994 to 1997 he was High Commissioner under the Minister of the Interior.

7 Facts about Gabon

Gabon is a one of the African countries that sit on the Equator, yet most of us barely know anything about this former colony of France. Today Gabon has one of the lowest population densities in the world, but that certainly doesn’t mean it’s not worth discovering.
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In this brief video you can find seven little known facts about Gabon.
More information about the video content bellow:
1. In 2014, Gabon became the first Central African nation to protect its threatened if abundant marine life. Nearly a quarter of its territorial sea is off limits to commercial fishing. The network of marine parks complemented an existing terrestrial protected area anchored by 13 national parks created in 2002.
2. The Gabonese capital, Libreville, got its name after the French navy captured a slave ship, named Elizia, in 1846.The 52 freed slaves were released and by 1849 had resettled near the French mission station on the site of Libreville, which translates as "Free town".
3. Prior to France's appropriation of today's Gabon, Bantu migrants, Portuguese explorers, alongside Dutch and English traders arrived and settled in the area between the 14th and 16th centuries. The Dutch, English and French soon settled in pre-colonial state known as Kingdom of Orungu. As a centre of the slave trade in the 18th century, the Gabonese coast became a departing point for the transatlantic slave trade at the end of the century.
4. The first president of Gabon, elected in 1961, was Léon M'ba. After M'ba's accession to power, civilian liberties were restricted. However, when M'ba dissolved the National Assembly in January 1964 to institute one-party rule, an army coup sought to oust him from power and restore parliamentary democracy. French paratroopers flew in within 24 hours to restore M'ba to power.
5. One of the most urbanized nations in mainland Africa, 87% of Gabon's population reside in urban areas, according to the UN's 2014 World Urbanization Prospects. While this striking figure is more than double the regional average (40%), National Geographic reports that an impressive 44% of Gabon's 1.38m population live in the capital, Libreville.
6. Hip-hop has been popular in the Central African region since the 1980s. Even current PresidentAli Bongo released an album and is known to appear on stage to perform among local rappers while on the campaign trail.
7. Abundant petroleum and foreign private investment have helped make Gabon one of the most prosperous countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, because of inequality in income distribution, a significant proportion of the population remains poor.
More Info:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabon
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Teknoaxe – Get What You Need 128 BPM Mix Sans Vocals
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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cth3wOyWIAAajDy.jpghttp://www.africas-eden.com/MediaFiles/Image/Gabon/Map%20National%20Parks%20Gabon1.jpg
http://blog.kudoybook.com/wp-content/uploads/images/Libreville_895.jpg
http://img.over-blog-kiwi.com/0/78/99/77/201311/ob_259cf01e6fd9390866fbd039521aead3_dsc-0643.jpg
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https://regardexcentrique.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/160910gabonmanif_037rmarzin.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Exercise_Central_Accord_2016_kicks-off_in_Gabon_(27628084966)_(2).jpg
http://notrevieaugabon.o.n.f.unblog.fr/files/2009/02/dsc02373.jpg
http://static.thousandwonders.net/Libreville.original.14031.jpg
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YkGPLKhS2hc/maxresdefault.jpg
https://qzprod.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/ali-bongo-ondimba-president-of-gabon-after-attending-a-nuclear-security-summit-in-the-hague-in-2014.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=1600
http://www.oilandgas360.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/bigstock-Oil-and-gas-platform-in-offsho-54506069.jpg
http://www.perenco-gabon.com/sites/perenco-gabon.com/files/background/1900/1900_home_bg_row4.jpg
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Housing Gabon's urbanizing population

Like many cities in Africa, Libreville, Gabon's capital is experiencing a mushrooming of informal settlements due to rapid urbanisation. Gabon's government announced in 2010 that it would build 5,000 low-cost houses per year to replace shacks or poorly constructed settlements but the process is taking longer than expected. MariaGalang reports.

Business Opportunities in Gabon - Part 1

(www.abndigital.com) Despite constrained political conditions, it's small population, abundant natural resources and considerable foreign support have helped make it one of the more prosperous and stable countries in Africa. This week ABN takes a closer look at Gabon to explore both the opportunities and challenges that this central African country presents.

Gabon diversifies to wood as oil sector dips

Stepping away from its traditional oil based economy, Gabon has sought to industrialize its wood industry with the creation of West Africa's largest economic zone, just outside the commercial capital, Libreville. But environmentalists have warned that not enough is being done to protect trees and grow the industry in a sustainable way.

7 Facts about Gabon

Gabon is a one of the African countries that sit on the Equator, yet most of us barely know anything about this former colony of France. Today Gabon has one of the lowest population densities in the world, but that certainly doesn’t mean it’s not worth discovering.
You can now support this channel via Patreon, by accessing the link bellow. Thank you!
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Housing Gabon's urbanizing population

Like many cities in Africa, Libreville, Gabon's capital is experiencing a mushrooming of informal settlements due to rapid urbanisation. Gabon's government announced in 2010 that it would build 5,000 low-cost houses per year to replace shacks or poorly constructed settlements but the process is taking longer than expected. MariaGalang reports.

Business Opportunities in Gabon - Part 1

(www.abndigital.com) Despite constrained political conditions, it's small population, abundant natural resources and considerable foreign support have helped make it one of the more prosperous and stable countries in Africa. This week ABN takes a closer look at Gabon to explore both the opportunities and challenges that this central African country presents.

Gabon diversifies to wood as oil sector dips

Stepping away from its traditional oil based economy, Gabon has sought to industrialize its wood industry with the creation of West Africa's largest economic zone, just outside the commercial capital, Libreville. But environmentalists have warned that not enough is being done to protect trees and grow the industry in a sustainable way.

Does Gabon's Capital LIBREVILLE have Africa's highest Per Capita Income?

Libreville is the capital city of Gabon, a country on the coast of Central Africa. Its seafront boulevard has parks and sculptures.
Nearby, the colossal Presidential Palace dates from the 1970s.
Gabon’s capital lies in the far northwest of the country, spread along the Atlantic Ocean for some 15km. Libreville – or Elbévé, as the locals call their home town (just pronounce LBV in French) – is a calm, pleasant place with luxurious hotels and trendy restaurants along the palm-fringed seafront. Libreville is French for ‘free town’.
Gabon has a population of 2Million people and a Per Capita of USD $ 8,132 . So Gabon is very is RICH.
Extensive oil resources have been located, both on land and offshore. In terms of proved recoverable reserves, According to the Oil & Gas Journal (OGJ), Gabon...

Gabon is a one of the African countries that sit on the Equator, yet most of us barely know anything about this former colony of France. Today Gabon has one of the lowest population densities in the world, but that certainly doesn’t mean it’s not worth discovering.
You can now support this channel via Patreon, by accessing the link bellow. Thank you!
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In this brief video you can find seven little known facts about Gabon.
More information about the video content bellow:
1. In 2014, Gabon became the first Central African nation to protect its threatened if abundant marine life. Nearly a quarter of its territorial sea is off limits to commercial fishing. The network of marine parks complemented an existing terrestrial protected area anchored by 13 national parks created in 2002.
2. The Gabonese capital, Libreville, got its name after the French navy captured a slave ship, named Elizia, in 1846.The 52 freed slaves were released and by 1849 had resettled near the French mission station on the site of Libreville, which translates as "Free town".
3. Prior to France's appropriation of today's Gabon, Bantu migrants, Portuguese explorers, alongside Dutch and English traders arrived and settled in the area between the 14th and 16th centuries. The Dutch, English and French soon settled in pre-colonial state known as Kingdom of Orungu. As a centre of the slave trade in the 18th century, the Gabonese coast became a departing point for the transatlantic slave trade at the end of the century.
4. The first president of Gabon, elected in 1961, was Léon M'ba. After M'ba's accession to power, civilian liberties were restricted. However, when M'ba dissolved the National Assembly in January 1964 to institute one-party rule, an army coup sought to oust him from power and restore parliamentary democracy. French paratroopers flew in within 24 hours to restore M'ba to power.
5. One of the most urbanized nations in mainland Africa, 87% of Gabon's population reside in urban areas, according to the UN's 2014 World Urbanization Prospects. While this striking figure is more than double the regional average (40%), National Geographic reports that an impressive 44% of Gabon's 1.38m population live in the capital, Libreville.
6. Hip-hop has been popular in the Central African region since the 1980s. Even current PresidentAli Bongo released an album and is known to appear on stage to perform among local rappers while on the campaign trail.
7. Abundant petroleum and foreign private investment have helped make Gabon one of the most prosperous countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, because of inequality in income distribution, a significant proportion of the population remains poor.
More Info:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabon
Music:
Teknoaxe – Get What You Need 128 BPM Mix Sans Vocals
https://www.youtube.com/user/teknoaxe
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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cth3wOyWIAAajDy.jpghttp://www.africas-eden.com/MediaFiles/Image/Gabon/Map%20National%20Parks%20Gabon1.jpg
http://blog.kudoybook.com/wp-content/uploads/images/Libreville_895.jpg
http://img.over-blog-kiwi.com/0/78/99/77/201311/ob_259cf01e6fd9390866fbd039521aead3_dsc-0643.jpg
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https://regardexcentrique.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/160910gabonmanif_037rmarzin.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Exercise_Central_Accord_2016_kicks-off_in_Gabon_(27628084966)_(2).jpg
http://notrevieaugabon.o.n.f.unblog.fr/files/2009/02/dsc02373.jpg
http://static.thousandwonders.net/Libreville.original.14031.jpg
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YkGPLKhS2hc/maxresdefault.jpg
https://qzprod.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/ali-bongo-ondimba-president-of-gabon-after-attending-a-nuclear-security-summit-in-the-hague-in-2014.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=1600
http://www.oilandgas360.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/bigstock-Oil-and-gas-platform-in-offsho-54506069.jpg
http://www.perenco-gabon.com/sites/perenco-gabon.com/files/background/1900/1900_home_bg_row4.jpg
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Gabon is a one of the African countries that sit on the Equator, yet most of us barely know anything about this former colony of France. Today Gabon has one of the lowest population densities in the world, but that certainly doesn’t mean it’s not worth discovering.
You can now support this channel via Patreon, by accessing the link bellow. Thank you!
https://www.patreon.com/7facts
Learn, Share, Subscribe
The African series:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbZJ71IJGFRSS8U_aviqtyOJOPSmcRlyd
The Oceanian series:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbZJ71IJGFRT-Yslq4Rpl_1bByPrZqYyM
The AmericanSeries:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbZJ71IJGFRR8eYVQa9r_t3h4Tc2bmhsu
The Asian series:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbZJ71IJGFRRGIkTyr4u371Fx6e88Qx2N
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------------------------------------------------
In this brief video you can find seven little known facts about Gabon.
More information about the video content bellow:
1. In 2014, Gabon became the first Central African nation to protect its threatened if abundant marine life. Nearly a quarter of its territorial sea is off limits to commercial fishing. The network of marine parks complemented an existing terrestrial protected area anchored by 13 national parks created in 2002.
2. The Gabonese capital, Libreville, got its name after the French navy captured a slave ship, named Elizia, in 1846.The 52 freed slaves were released and by 1849 had resettled near the French mission station on the site of Libreville, which translates as "Free town".
3. Prior to France's appropriation of today's Gabon, Bantu migrants, Portuguese explorers, alongside Dutch and English traders arrived and settled in the area between the 14th and 16th centuries. The Dutch, English and French soon settled in pre-colonial state known as Kingdom of Orungu. As a centre of the slave trade in the 18th century, the Gabonese coast became a departing point for the transatlantic slave trade at the end of the century.
4. The first president of Gabon, elected in 1961, was Léon M'ba. After M'ba's accession to power, civilian liberties were restricted. However, when M'ba dissolved the National Assembly in January 1964 to institute one-party rule, an army coup sought to oust him from power and restore parliamentary democracy. French paratroopers flew in within 24 hours to restore M'ba to power.
5. One of the most urbanized nations in mainland Africa, 87% of Gabon's population reside in urban areas, according to the UN's 2014 World Urbanization Prospects. While this striking figure is more than double the regional average (40%), National Geographic reports that an impressive 44% of Gabon's 1.38m population live in the capital, Libreville.
6. Hip-hop has been popular in the Central African region since the 1980s. Even current PresidentAli Bongo released an album and is known to appear on stage to perform among local rappers while on the campaign trail.
7. Abundant petroleum and foreign private investment have helped make Gabon one of the most prosperous countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, because of inequality in income distribution, a significant proportion of the population remains poor.
More Info:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabon
Music:
Teknoaxe – Get What You Need 128 BPM Mix Sans Vocals
https://www.youtube.com/user/teknoaxe
Images:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cth3wOyWIAAajDy.jpghttp://www.africas-eden.com/MediaFiles/Image/Gabon/Map%20National%20Parks%20Gabon1.jpg
http://blog.kudoybook.com/wp-content/uploads/images/Libreville_895.jpg
http://img.over-blog-kiwi.com/0/78/99/77/201311/ob_259cf01e6fd9390866fbd039521aead3_dsc-0643.jpg
http://d2ydh70d4b5xgv.cloudfront.net/images/5/d/franceville-libreville-gabon-africa-map-pendant-silver-necklace-vntg-atlas-d7454194d6d3820a326b08c23132b343.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-B1yeWS-iaVY/VTLrHnJl-RI/AAAAAAAACrA/8UDWO3T-fBs/s1600/gaspar-yanga1.jpg
https://regardexcentrique.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/160910gabonmanif_037rmarzin.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Exercise_Central_Accord_2016_kicks-off_in_Gabon_(27628084966)_(2).jpg
http://notrevieaugabon.o.n.f.unblog.fr/files/2009/02/dsc02373.jpg
http://static.thousandwonders.net/Libreville.original.14031.jpg
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YkGPLKhS2hc/maxresdefault.jpg
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Housing Gabon's urbanizing population

Like many cities in Africa, Libreville, Gabon's capital is experiencing a mushrooming of informal settlements due to rapid urbanisation. Gabon's government ann...

Like many cities in Africa, Libreville, Gabon's capital is experiencing a mushrooming of informal settlements due to rapid urbanisation. Gabon's government announced in 2010 that it would build 5,000 low-cost houses per year to replace shacks or poorly constructed settlements but the process is taking longer than expected. MariaGalang reports.

Like many cities in Africa, Libreville, Gabon's capital is experiencing a mushrooming of informal settlements due to rapid urbanisation. Gabon's government announced in 2010 that it would build 5,000 low-cost houses per year to replace shacks or poorly constructed settlements but the process is taking longer than expected. MariaGalang reports.

(www.abndigital.com) Despite constrained political conditions, it's small population, abundant natural resources and considerable foreign support have helped make it one of the more prosperous and stable countries in Africa. This week ABN takes a closer look at Gabon to explore both the opportunities and challenges that this central African country presents.

(www.abndigital.com) Despite constrained political conditions, it's small population, abundant natural resources and considerable foreign support have helped make it one of the more prosperous and stable countries in Africa. This week ABN takes a closer look at Gabon to explore both the opportunities and challenges that this central African country presents.

Gabon diversifies to wood as oil sector dips

Stepping away from its traditional oil based economy, Gabon has sought to industrialize its wood industry with the creation of West Africa's largest economic zo...

Stepping away from its traditional oil based economy, Gabon has sought to industrialize its wood industry with the creation of West Africa's largest economic zone, just outside the commercial capital, Libreville. But environmentalists have warned that not enough is being done to protect trees and grow the industry in a sustainable way.

Stepping away from its traditional oil based economy, Gabon has sought to industrialize its wood industry with the creation of West Africa's largest economic zone, just outside the commercial capital, Libreville. But environmentalists have warned that not enough is being done to protect trees and grow the industry in a sustainable way.

7 Facts about Gabon

Gabon is a one of the African countries that sit on the Equator, yet most of us barely know anything about this former colony of France. Today Gabon has one of the lowest population densities in the world, but that certainly doesn’t mean it’s not worth discovering.
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1. In 2014, Gabon became the first Central African nation to protect its threatened if abundant marine life. Nearly a quarter of its territorial sea is off limits to commercial fishing. The network of marine parks complemented an existing terrestrial protected area anchored by 13 national parks created in 2002.
2. The Gabonese capital, Libreville, got its name after the French navy captured a slave ship, named Elizia, in 1846.The 52 freed slaves were released and by 1849 had resettled near the French mission station on the site of Libreville, which translates as "Free town".
3. Prior to France's appropriation of today's Gabon, Bantu migrants, Portuguese explorers, alongside Dutch and English traders arrived and settled in the area between the 14th and 16th centuries. The Dutch, English and French soon settled in pre-colonial state known as Kingdom of Orungu. As a centre of the slave trade in the 18th century, the Gabonese coast became a departing point for the transatlantic slave trade at the end of the century.
4. The first president of Gabon, elected in 1961, was Léon M'ba. After M'ba's accession to power, civilian liberties were restricted. However, when M'ba dissolved the National Assembly in January 1964 to institute one-party rule, an army coup sought to oust him from power and restore parliamentary democracy. French paratroopers flew in within 24 hours to restore M'ba to power.
5. One of the most urbanized nations in mainland Africa, 87% of Gabon's population reside in urban areas, according to the UN's 2014 World Urbanization Prospects. While this striking figure is more than double the regional average (40%), National Geographic reports that an impressive 44% of Gabon's 1.38m population live in the capital, Libreville.
6. Hip-hop has been popular in the Central African region since the 1980s. Even current PresidentAli Bongo released an album and is known to appear on stage to perform among local rappers while on the campaign trail.
7. Abundant petroleum and foreign private investment have helped make Gabon one of the most prosperous countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, because of inequality in income distribution, a significant proportion of the population remains poor.
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Housing Gabon's urbanizing population

Like many cities in Africa, Libreville, Gabon's capital is experiencing a mushrooming of informal settlements due to rapid urbanisation. Gabon's government announced in 2010 that it would build 5,000 low-cost houses per year to replace shacks or poorly constructed settlements but the process is taking longer than expected. MariaGalang reports.

Business Opportunities in Gabon - Part 1

(www.abndigital.com) Despite constrained political conditions, it's small population, abundant natural resources and considerable foreign support have helped make it one of the more prosperous and stable countries in Africa. This week ABN takes a closer look at Gabon to explore both the opportunities and challenges that this central African country presents.

Gabon diversifies to wood as oil sector dips

Stepping away from its traditional oil based economy, Gabon has sought to industrialize its wood industry with the creation of West Africa's largest economic zone, just outside the commercial capital, Libreville. But environmentalists have warned that not enough is being done to protect trees and grow the industry in a sustainable way.

Since its independence from France in 1960, Gabon has had three presidents. In the early 1990s, Gabon introduced a multi-party system and a new democratic constitution that allowed for a more transparent electoral process and reformed many governmental institutions. Gabon was also a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for the 2010–2011 term.

Low population density, abundant petroleum, and foreign private investment have helped make Gabon one of the most prosperous countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, with the 4th highest HDI and the third highest GDP per capita (PPP) (after Equatorial Guinea and Botswana) in the region. GDP grew by more than 6% per year from 2010 to 2012. However, because of inequality in income distribution, a significant proportion of the population remains poor.